Trump’s “Zero Tolerance” Crackdown Won’t Stop Border Crossings but It Could Break the Courts
There’s no evidence hard-line that immigration enforcement deters border crossers. The administration is cracking down anyway.
The War on Immigrants
The Intercept has been reporting from the front lines and the borderlines — exposing the lies and the inhumanity of U.S. immigration enforcement agencies.
She Was Kidnapped by Guerrillas and Forced to Work. That Qualifies as Material Support for Terrorism, According to Immigration Ruling
The broad application of material support in an immigration case echoes the way that the law has long been used and abused in U.S. District Courts.
1,358 Children and Counting — Trump’s “Zero Tolerance” Border Policy Is Separating Families at Staggering Rates
The number of families ripped apart over a recent two-week period was the same as the total for the preceding seven months.
ICE Detention Center Is Creating Obstacles to Ramadan Observance for Muslim Detainees, Lawyers Say
Muslims held by ICE at the Glades County Detention Center in Florida say they are being discriminated against on account of their religion.
Border Patrol Continues to Exaggerate Danger to Agents to Justify Violence Against Immigrants
New FBI data on assaults against Border Patrol agents shows a 22 percent drop in the number of agents injured.
Hidden Horrors of "Zero Tolerance" — Mass Trials and Children Taken From Their Parents
All along the border, immigrants coming into the U.S. — even those applying for asylum at ports of entry — have had their children removed from them.
No End in Sight: An Egyptian Man’s Ordeal in ICE Custody and the Plight of Indefinite Immigration Detention
In fiscal year 2015, thousands of people detained by ICE had been held for more than a year, including five for more than eight years.
Mass ICE Raids Leave a Trail of Misery and Broken Communities
One month after ICE agents surrounded a meatpacking plant in Tennessee, arresting 97 men and women, the tight-knit rural community is still reeling.
How Customs and Border Protection Illegally Tried to Unmask a Rogue Twitter Account
A CBP agent demanded that Twitter turn over all its records on the @ALT_USCIS account. Problem was the order had no legal justification.
“We’re Gonna Take Everyone” — Border Patrol Targets Prominent Humanitarian Group as Criminal Organization
The prosecution of No More Deaths volunteers, who leave water in the desert for migrants, reveals the group is being targeted by the Border Patrol.